Girlfight (DVD)

Description: Genre: Drama / Theatrical Release: 2000 / Director: Karyn Kusama / Actors: Michelle Rodriguez, Jaime Tirelli ... / DVD ... more

Girlfight (DVD) ... released 15 October, 2001 at Sony Pictures Home Entertainment / Features of the DVD: PAL, Widescreen / Girlfight--from first-time director Karyn Kusama--tells a simple but compelling story of a young woman in Brooklyn whose violent impulses in school, and her tendency to physicalise her anger, lead her to train as a boxer. Her trainer at first puts her off, but the combination of her desire and her physical prowess changes his mind. As played by Michelle Rodriguez, Diane is a scowling lightning rod for sudden violence who discovers that she can find a sense of personal grace in boxing--in the training and in the honing of skills--that seems to spill over into her daily life, despite the disapproval of an abusive father. Kusama isn't telling a new story here, but she tells a familiar one with a sense of passion and pride in the uncharted territory this represents for women. Though a romantic subplot seems almost tacked on as an afterthought--Diane must box the boy she loves--Girlfight is engaging and even touching. --Marshall Fine, Amazon.com

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... Rodriguez was willing to learn from the more experienced actors on film, and no doubt this encouraging environment contributed to her mature and well judged performance. It actually seems difficult to imagine that any other actress could have portrayed Diana as well. The blossoming relationship with a fellow boxer, Adrian (Santiago Douglas) at the gym has the added dimension of chemistry that makes it feel all the more touching. (Something that I feel is often lacking in modern films, and leaves romances ultimatel...more

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Girlfight (DVD): The Gloves Are Off! (1313 words)
by - written on 30/05/04 (Very useful, 130 readings)
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Picking up a number of awards including those for direction, tying for the Grand Jury prize at Sundance, and the Award of the Youth at Cannes in 2000, Girlfight definitely justifies its awards. Mixing boxing with emotion and the theme of coming of age are hardly new, but where this film is a departure is by turning the cliché on its head and making the main protagonist a strong and volatile woman. In many ways this film could be termed as a "Girl Power" film, but to do so seems to limit a forceful film that is excellently acted and well enough directed that it packs emotional as well as visual punch. Diana Guzman (Michelle Rodriguez) is the female ... Read the complete review

Harder than Lara Croft (1265 words)
by - written on 22/09/02 (Very useful, 186 readings)
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Despite the title and content of Girlfight, this film is not exclusively 'one for the girls', nor does it fall into the sexualised high-glamour genre of the sexy lady kicking butt. So if that's what you're after, this aint for you. Girlfight was made in 2000, written and directed by newcomer Karyn Kusama, and ostensibly follows the story of troubled teen Diana Guzman, played by Michelle Rodriguez. The film opens with the introduction of school glamour-bitch Veronica being forced to admit that she has had a fling with Diana's friend Marisol's object of desire. The scene follows with Diana attacking Veronica in the school corridor. ... Read the complete review

Girlfight (DVD): No Catfights Here. (512 words)
by - written on 18/02/02 (Very useful, 1821 readings)
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I had heard a lot about this film when it first came out in 2000 but somehow managed to miss it, until now. I managed to get hold of the DVD of it a little while ago and had the opportunity to watch it at last. It's the story of a young girl, Diana, constantly getting into trouble at school due to her temper. She keeps getting into fights and has the image of being hard edged and uncaring. When she is sent on an errand by her father to the local boxing gym, where her brother Tiny trains, she sees a chance to use her aggression for another reason. She starts to train in secret with Hector, the coach that is meant to be training Tiny. Tiny isn't ... Read the complete review

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